A) Staples Corporation shows a credit balance of $21,500 in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at December 31, 2017, before the current year's provision for uncollectible accounts. The accounts receivable aging schedule revealed the following: Not yet due
1–30 days past due 31–60 days past due 61–90 days past due Over 90 days past due
Estimated Percentage Uncollectible
$250,000 3% 660,000 6% 125,000 12%
85,000 28% 25,000 42%
Compute the total uncollectible and journalize the entry on December 31, 2019, to record bad debts expense.

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Pear co.’s income statement for the year ended december 31, as prepared by pear’s controller, reported income before taxes of $125,000. the auditor questioned the following amounts that had been included in income before taxes: equity in earnings of cinn co. $ 40,000 dividends received from cinn 8,000 adjustments to profits of prior years for arithmetical errors in depreciation (35,000) pear owns 40% of cinn’s common stock, and no acquisition differentials are relevant. pear’s december 31 income statement should report income before taxes of

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